Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Likewise, I welcome them all here this morning and thank them for their presentations.

I am glad that the Department is examining the EpiPens issue as a priority. We had Ms Emma Sloan's Mam and a number of stakeholders in here a few weeks ago. This issue around the EpiPens is so preventable. I strongly believe that there should be such pens in every school, crèche and restaurant. I understand the HSE cites some complexities around it. It is good to have a register and to have staff certified and trained. I wonder is there a register currently because family members are administering this currently and I do not know whether they have been trained or educated on it properly. I also wonder when the HSE's considerations with regard to this will be concluded.

Mention was made of the potential adverse implications of the incorrect or inappropriate administration of adrenaline. They can correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the stakeholders told the committee that they did not believe there were any known cases of adverse implications.